Bulldog golfers will battle for district title

Published 12:16 pm, Saturday, March 15, 2014

Matt Jolly, shown teeing off during a tournament in the fall, will lead the Bulldog golf team into district action Tuesday.

Matt Jolly, shown teeing off during a tournament in the fall, will lead the Bulldog golf team into district action Tuesday.

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Bulldog golfers will battle for district title

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The Plainview boys golf team will begin District 4-4A play Tuesday at John Pitman Golf Club in Hereford. And Bulldogs coach Mike Lewis expects his team to be in the mix for the championship during the three-round district campaign.

The top two teams, and individuals in the top 10 not on those teams in district play will advance to the regional tournament.

Lewis said he expects his squad to compete with Frenship and Lubbock Monterey for the top spot in the district. And that’s who the Plainview golfers are paired up with for the opening round of district.

Plainview’s Matt Jolly could make a run at the individual crown. He’s coming off a victory at the San Angelo Classic last week, where the Bulldogs finished fourth in a tough field.

Lewis expects his troops to continue their strong play in district.

“I think with Matt coming off the win and the other guys playing pretty good, we’ve got as good a chance as anybody,” Lewis said. “We’re playing on different courses. We don’t have a district round at our place. Hereford is similar to our course. We played it in the fall.”

Lewis said the second district round at Rawls Golf Course in Lubbock will be an important one.

“The second tournament at Rawls, I think, will be the key to district,” Lewis said. “That’s gonna be Monterey’s home course. And it’s a different type of golf course than what we’re used to playing. The greens are so big. It’s hard for us to practice on greens here like those.”

Lewis said his players must stay away from the extremely long putts that might come up on the Rawls course.

“What we’ve got to do is get to where we don’t have those 60- or 80-foot putts that we can’t practice,” Lewis said. “We’ll have to get the iron play working so we can get in there closer where we’re used to it.”

After Jolly, Plainview’s second player is Thomas Wirth, a senior who qualified as an individual for the regional tournament last year. Harrison Alford is a solid No. 3 player and Ryan Castillo is fourth. Brock Walker and Isaiah Garcia are battling for the fifth spot.

Lewis said his team has played well during spring break this past week.

“We had a good week of practice, even though it was spring break. We had some good scores in practice,” Lewis said.

Tuesday’s opening district round will begin with a 10 a.m. shotgun start.